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Re: [PATCH 3/3] clone: add `--seed` shorthand

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 22, 2015, 06:49 UTC
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<20150522064922.GA27716@peff.net>
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On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 08:37:56AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> > +--seed <repository|bundle>::
> > +    Fetch objects from <repository> or <bundle> instead of the clone
> > URL when possible. This is useful when a (possibly partial) clone
> > already exists locally, to avoid transferring the same objects again.
> > 
> > I haven't checked if the invocation would accept a bundle filename,
> > but I'm presuming it can in the same way that clone does.
> 
> The proof would lie in the pudding ;-) Would you mind testing whether it works with bundles?

I can't imagine that it would with my patch. The implementation is based on --reference, which is going to try to set up the bundle as an alternate.

Having slept on it, I really think "--seed" should be "fetch from the seed into temp refs", and not what I posted earlier.

-Peff
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Message 8 of 16 in “--seed as an alias for --dissociate --reference”
  1. 0/3 --seed as an alias for --dissociate --referenceJeff King, May 21, 2015
  2. 1/3 clone: use OPT_STRING_LIST for --referenceJeff King, May 21, 2015
  3. 2/3 clone: reorder --dissociate and --reference optionsJeff King, May 21, 2015
  4. 3/3 clone: add `--seed` shorthandJeff King, May 21, 2015
  5. Johannes SchindelinMay 21, 2015
  6. Philip OakleyMay 21, 2015
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 22, 2015
  8. Jeff KingMay 22, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2015
  10. Jeff KingMay 27, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2015
  12. Jeff KingMay 22, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2015
  14. Jeff KingMay 21, 2015
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2015
  16. Michael HaggertyMay 24, 2015

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